30 Crazy and Wild Motorcycle Stunts
Have you ever done something crazy on a motorcycle, or seen someone that has? Sometimes its very cool, others you wonder if they have lost their brains. Well here are 30 photos of people doing some crazy stuff on motorcycles, some crazy, some very cool.
Motorcycle stunt riding is a expanding sport in the United States and the United Kingdom. However, United States law prohibits “stunting” motorcycles on public roads and it can even get you thrown in jail quickly.
In case you are purchasing a used motorcycle, check to see if the bike has been stunted. Check for flat spots around the front tire which usually shows you that the bike has been doing some wheelies as well as check for scratches that could have resulted from a crash. Stunting can trash the engine, transmissions and the suspension, so be mindful unless of course you want to use the bike in the same way, as a stunt bike.
Robert Craig Knievel, Jr. is by far the most famous American motorcycle daredevil. Now regarded as both an icon and a legend, he started his career as an entertainer in the late sixties. He performed a number of motorcycle jumps which were televised across the entire country. His attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon located at Twin Falls, Idaho back in 1974 was one of the most watched (it ranks number 4) event in ABC’s Wide World of Sports up until this date. He died in 2007, November 30 at the age of 69.
Some Motorcycle Stunts & Drill Teams in the United States include the South Florida Bike Crew, D-Aces Stunt Riders Motorcycle Team (Wasau, Wisconsin), TenNinety6 (Kalamazoo, MI) and the Hardly Angels (a Women’s Motorcycle Drill Team).
Bob Duffey, a professional Motorcycle Jumper was called “The Fastest Man on Two Wheels Backwards”. He’s got an ET of 11.71 seconds along with a trap speed of 122 mph. The man is untouched on the dragstrip riding backwards. This record was done on a 1979 stock Kawasaki Z1R-TC, his favorite bike, at an IDBA (International Drag Bike Association) sanctioned event.
Debbie Evans – The Queen of Trials was the very first woman to successfully ride in the US Trials during the late 1970s and is commonly regarded as the best female rider in the history of the sport.
Australian Robbie Maddison now holds the record for the “Longest Motorcycle Jump”. He broke it in January 2008 at an exhibition event sponsored by a big hotel. He leapt 350 feet, totally and ended up smashing the Guinness World Record of 277 feet, 6 inches (84.58 meters) set in 2005 by Trigger Gumm.
Probably the most widely known sport bike motorcycle stunt is the “wheelie”. It’s a trick where the front wheel or wheels come off the ground allowing the vehicle to balance on the rear wheel or wheels.
Other Popular Bike Stunts include the handstand (The rider does a handstand on a moving motorcycle), the Endo (a stunt which lifts the motorcycle’s rear tire off the ground while balancing the bike on the front wheel or wheels while still rolling), the Stoppie (stopping a moving motorcycle, so the rear wheel is raised in the air while the machine is balanced on the front tire and comes to a complete stop), 12 O’ Clock Wheelie (a kind of wheelie that is straight up and the rider scratches the tail of the motorcycle on the street), Circle Wheelie (wheelie while driving in a circular motion), and Combo Wheelie (a wheelie that features multiple rider maneuvers while on one wheel).
A full range of protective gear should be worn when attempting a stunt in a high powered motorcycle.
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